Madame Bovary

"Madame Bovary" — the most famous novel by Gustave Flaubert, which stirred public opinion and brought him scandalous fame. First published in a Parisian literary magazine in 1856, the author was subsequently taken to court for offending morality.

Emma Bovary lives... in a loveless marriage and dreams of another life — exciting, beautiful, full of passions, like the novels she read in her youth. She seems to know what she wants, but her desires are not for herself, but for an imagined world. In this search, she drifts further away from reality and herself. Flaubert shows how easy it is to get confused in other people's images of happiness and lose one's footing if desires are born not from within, but under the influence of other people's words, examples, and expectations.


For readers of all ages.
For fans of classical literature.